Learning Forward

Dallas, Texas – November 16, 2017 Learning Forward, a membership association focused on effective professional learning for K-12 educators, has launched the Student Success Learning Network to improve teaching and learning and build educator capacity. The network is a collaboration among 15 U.S. school districts and organizations dedicated to addressing […]

Learning Forward’s Standards for Professional Learning Professional learning that increases educator effectiveness and results for all students ... Learning Communities … occurs within learning communities committed to continuous improvement, collective responsibility, and goal alignment.    Leadership … requires skillful leaders who develop capacity, advocate, and create support systems for professional […]

When teachers believe, students achieve: Collaborative inquiry builds teacher efficacy for better student outcomes. By Jenni Donohoo and Steven Katz When teachers share the belief that, together, they can positively influence student learning over and above other factors and make an educational difference in the lives of students, they actually […]

LEARNING BEYOND THE HORIZON Thank you to our sponsors Learning Forward expresses appreciation to the sponsors of the 2017 Annual Conference in Orlando, Florida. The Wallace Foundation Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation National Education Association Frontline Education Corwin EDTHENA Thinking Maps Learning Forward Florida Arizona K12 Center Research for Better Teaching […]

Learning Forward has launched the Student Success Learning Network, a collaboration among 15 U.S. school districts and organizations dedicated to addressing specific student learning challenges within each district through a continuous improvement process. Learning Forward facilitates the network’s learning through face-to-face and virtual convenings, expertise, resources, and organizational management tools. […]

Two new trustees have been elected to Learning Forward’s board: Shawn Joseph, director of Metro Nashville Public Schools of Nashville, Tennessee, and Wendy Robinson, superintendent of Fort Wayne Community Schools in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Joseph and Robinson joined the board at the end of Learning Forward’s Annual Conference in December. […]

The Lincoln Heights Middle School learning leaders team, left to right: Beth Weatherall, Melanie Coffey, Krishanna Langhans, Jaime Greene, Joe Ely, and Derek Voiles. Lincoln Heights Middle School wins 2017 Learning Team Award The learning leaders team from Lincoln Heights Middle School in Morristown, Tennessee, has won the 2017 Shirley Hord […]

TEAM BASICS “Getting teams off to a good start involves addressing two sets of logistics. First, what support structures should school leaders put in place to ensure a successful beginning for professional learning teams? This decision requires carefully analyzing teachers’ knowledge and skills, the existing school culture, how motivated teachers […]